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With gestures that could belong to no other school than that of the twice-dailies and the shrill nasal voice that inevitably goes with them, Irene, with the utmost solemnity, went solidly through the whole appalling thing, making the frequent yous "yee-ooo" in the true "vawdville" manner. To Tootles it was very moving, and she was proud of her friend.
"What you mean?" demanded Getz, impatient of all this mystery. "It's the daughter of one of this here Board that we're wotin' fur!" Mr. Getz's eyes moved about the table. "Why, none of yous ain't got a growed-up daughter that's been to school long enough to get a certificate." "It seems there's ways of gettin' a certificate without goin' to school.
I had to go to the water jug in the Commissary and get a drink before I could thank Dorgan for telling me. "'Tis nothin'," he said shortly. Then, after a protracted pause: "What can she do to yous, pally?" "She can send me up for two years; and then some for the penalties." Again a silence intervened.
"To be sure, I never liked them Puntzes, they're so damned thick-headed. Dummness runs in that family so, it's somepin' surprisin'! Dummness and stubbornness is all they got to 'em. But Absalom he's so well fixed Tillie she might go furder and do worse. Now there's you, Teacher. If she took up with you and yous two got married, you'd have to rent. Absalom he'd own his own farm."
I'd be a fool ter lay down the law to a bloke as sharp as yous, that thinks 'e can see everything. But I wasn't always so fat I 'ad ter squeeze through the door, an' I tell yer the best things in life are them yer can't see at all, an' that's the feelin's. So take a fool's advice, an' don't think of marryin' till yer feel there's somethin' wrong wi' yer inside, fer that's w'ere it ketches yer."
"The loikes uv yous nivver lived in dis place; fer ef yous ain't angel you's gintulmun; an' no gintulmun ivver cum from the loikes o' this. An' besoides, the b'y Mikky, I tel'd yez, was shot an' nivver comed back no more. He's loikely up wid de angels where he b'longs." "Yes, I was shot," said Michael, "but I wasn't killed.
"Next time yous come along we'll have had a drop o' rain, an' then you can drownd yourselfs if you want to," said the stationmaster. They started out at four o'clock with the information that Gaynor's Station was a collection of weather-board huts, a homestead put together by five lads from England who were trying to make a fortune each. They had not yet made a living between them.
She did not intend to be hard on the children in her heart of hearts she was quite resolved to make them not only good, but also happy. "Well, my dear little girl," she said, drawing Diana to her side, "and so you are sorry for what you said?" "Awfu' sossy," answered Diana, in a cheerful voice. "Then you beg my pardon, and you won't be naughty again?" "I begs yous pardon, Aunt Jane," said Diana.
"Hould aisy," said Pat, as they approached the fugitive; "don't be afraid, I have brought yous a frind." "I hope you will not bring me too many friends," replied Hatchie, a little disconcerted. "Don't you know me?" said Henry, as he grasped the hand of Hatchie; "I have just come from your mistress, and know your whole story."
"It's damn decent. I'm sorry I was so suspicious. I was scared green when I first saw you." "You were goddam right to be. But why did yous take yer uniform off?" "Come along, let's beat it. I'll tell you about that." Andrews shook hands with the old man and the old woman. Rosaline had disappeared. "Goodnight...Thank you," he said, and followed the other man across the gangplank.
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